Life History

Notes

• 1910 Federal Census, Douglas County, Nebraska, 21 April, Omaha,District 69, pages 6B-7A,  209 South 29th St, Hse #137, Fam #153
  Boyd, Samuel Head  M W  31  Married 12 years  MO PA PA Bookbinder,Printing Co Rents
  --  page 7A --
  Boyd, Mayme  Wife F W 32 Married 12 yrs 2 children/2 living MO CanadaCanada
  Boyd, Everett Son M W 11  NB MO MO
  Boyd, Russell Son M W 3  NB MO MO
  
  1920 Federal Census, Douglas County, Nebraska, 5 January, Omaha 11thPrecinct, District 116, page 3A, 2820 North 32nd St, Hse #60, Fam #64
  Boyd, Sam  Head Owns M W 40 MO MO MO Real Estate Salesman
  Boyd, Sarah [Mary] Wife M W 46 MO MO MO
  Boyd, Russell Son M W 13 MO MO MO No Occupation
  
  I had known of the name Boyd only in relation to the Scottish sept ofButt or Buid, related to the Stewarts.  I had assumed this was theprovenance of my Uncle Russell Boyd's ancestors.  But in June 2008, Ilearned of a prominent Boyd line in Ireland, where they were the LordsEarl of Kilmarnock.  This is probably still a branch of the ScottishStewart Boyds, but still new a lineage possibility for me.  Here is alink to information on one of those Boyd families in Ireland back tothe 1600s.
  --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lgboyd/chapter2.htm
  
  Rhonda and Russ never had any children. Two children of Rhonda'ssiblings were named after them.  The first son of Orville Lee Jenkinswas Orville Boyd, and the only daughter of Arthur Carthal (Bud)Jenkins was LaRhonda.
  
  They lived in Amarillo, Texas, for years.  From my earliest childhoodtill Rhonda's death in 1963, this is where they were.  Our familyvisited them at times in Amarillo.  Amarillo, in Potter County, wasabout a 5-hour drive west of our home in Quanah, Hardeman County.  Wewould also see them in family gatherings at the home of Rhonda'sfather and mother, my grandparents, Joe and Jennie Jenkins, inChickasha, Oklahoma.
  
  A news story from the Chillicothe newspaper had reported an event fromRuss' life in Amarillo in 1949.
  
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  Escape At Amarillo
  Son of Samuel E. Boyd Safe in Tornado
  
  Reports have been received by relatives of two families safe in therecent Amarillo tornado.
  
  Russell H. Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Boyd of Route 4,reports he is safe. He also told of aiding in the search work throughdestroyed buildings looking for dead and injured. He said it was"heart breaking" work.
  
  Boyd is in the used car business there.
  
  --  The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, May 18, 1949,http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57994023
  
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  When Rhonda was sick with cancer, she was being treated in Dallas,Texas, where she died in 1963.  Russ buried her in Chillicothe,Missouri, his former home area.
  
  I had been unsuccessful in finding further details about Russell,until in October 2010, a Boyd descendant in New Mexico, who hadpersonally known members of the family in Chillicothe, Missouri, sentme some details and referred me to some new links for informationposted on Find-a-Grave.
  
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  Russell H. Boyd Dies In Texas; Rites To Be Here
  
  Russell H. Boyd, 58, Amarillo, Texas, died Saturday in Houston. He wasborn in Omaha, lived in Kansas City 20 years, and moved to Texas 30years ago.
  
  He was a salesman for Inland Steel, and was a member of the Knights ofColumbus and St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Amarillo.
  
  Mr. Boyd leaves his wife, Mrs. Hazel Boyd of the home, and twobrothers, Robert E. Boyd, Overland Park, Kansas and Harold T. Boyd,Kansas City.
  
  The body will arrive in Chillicothe late Tuesday afternoon to bereceived by the Gordon Home for Funerals. The rosary service will beheld at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the chapel, after which thebody will be taken to the Leopolis cemetery for burial.
  
  --  The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Monday, November 28, 1966, p6, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57994023
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  Social Security Death Index provides the date of death not reported inthe Obituary.  SSDI gives no place of death or final residence.Fortunately these are both reported in the obituary, as well as thebirthplace in Omaha.
  
  Social Security Death Index, www.ancestry.com
  Russell Boyd
  Born 6 Dec 1906
  Died Nov 1966
  SSN 486-10-3283 issued Missouri (Before 1951)
  
  The Texas Death Index reports the place as Harris County, consistentwith the obituary report of death in Houston.  This also indicates heis still single, though we know from the obituary he later marriedsomeone named Hazel.
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Russell Boyd
  Death 26 Nov 1966 Harris County
  Gender: Male
  Marital Status Single
  
  1920 Federal Census, Jasper County, Missouri, 6-7 January, Joplin Ward17 (Galena Township), District 58, page 7A, 2102 Picher Ave, Hse#164,Fam #165
  Boyd, G Z Head M W 48 MO TN MO Water Works Engineer
  Boyd, Laura Wife FW 43 OH OH OH Water Works Engineer
  Boyd, Russell  Son M W 15 MO MO OH

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Douglas County, Nebraska
  • 21 April, Omaha, District 69, pages 7A,  209 South 29th St, Hse #137,
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Douglas County, Nebraska
  • 5 January, Omaha 11th Precinct, District 116, page 3A, 2820 North 32nd
• 3. Social Security Death Index
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57994023
• 5. Gravestone of Russell Hand Rhonda Fay Boyd, Leopolis Cemetery,Livingston County, Missouri
• 6. Obituary of Russell H Boyd, The Chillicothe (Missouri)Constitution-Tribune, 28 November 1966, p 6
  • Name: Location:http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57994023;;
• 7. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
  • Name: Location:http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf;;
• 8. Obituary of Samuel E Boyd, The Chillicothe (Missouri)Constitution-Tribune, 26 March 1960
  • Name: Location:http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57993991;;
• 9. RootsWeb Death and Interment Records
  • Interment Record for Rhonda Fay Boyd,
• 10. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
  • Name: Location:http://objgenealogy.com/articles/josephsanfordjenkinshistory.pdf;;
  • Joseph Asa Jenkins Family Group Record
• 11. Death Notice for Rhonda Jenkins Boyd, The Chillicothe (Missouri)Constitution-Tribune, Monday 12 Aug 1963, p 1
• 12. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  • Certificate 49280,